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of the

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Originally named the ''Indivisible'' in 1793, she was commissioned in

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on 23 September 1800. On 18 March 1800, Captain Louis-Marie Le Gouardun took command, which he retained until 9 March 1801.Quintin, p.221 On 5 February 1803, she was renamed ''Alexandre'', and recommissioned in Brest under Captain Leveyer. In December, under Captain Garreau, she was part of

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's squadron bound for

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. She took part in the subsequent

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, where she was badly damaged by the fire of , which left her adrift, her rigging shot off and her rudder destroyed. She was taken by . From 1808, the

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used her as a gunpowder hulk in Plymouth. ''Indivisible'' was eventually broken up in 1822.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Indivisible Ships of the line of the French Navy Tonnant-class ships of the line Ships built in France 1799 ships